Berwickshire Townscape : Architectural Dog's Breakfast in Eyemouth
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Berwickshire Townscape : Architectural Dog's Breakfast in Eyemouth
Image: © Richard West Taken: 11 Jul 2012
What is going on here? The roof, chimneys and stepped skewput are all fairly typical Scottish vernacular but the horizontal emphasis of the fenestration and black banding as well as the flagpole look typical 1930s "moderne". Was this building formerly a cinema?
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Image Location
Latitude
55.872105
Longitude
-2.089307